nord PIANO 3 - 1 Introduction; Table of Contents; Thank You

NORD PIANO 3 USER MANUAL OS V1.X | 3
1. INTRODUCTION
THANK YOU!
Thank you for purchasing the Nord Piano 3. This instrument has been designed to present the most uncompromising piano playing experience
possible in a stage keyboard, without sacrificing ease of use or portability. A triple sensor key bed coupled with our Virtual Hammer Action Technol-
ogy provides an unprecedented level of realism and control and enables a wide range of pianistic playing techniques. Powered by the free and ever
growing Nord Piano Library – an extensive collection of meticulously sampled piano and keyboard instruments – we hope the Nord Piano 3 will keep
your playing inspired for many years to come.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 3
Thank you! ........................................................................................................3
2. OVERVIEW ....................................................................................... 4
The front panel ................................................................................................4
The Nord user interface .............................................................................4
Shift button........................................................................................................4
Selector buttons ................................................................................................4
On/Off and Source buttons................................................................................5
Press-hold functions ..........................................................................................5
Knobs ...............................................................................................................5
Dials ..................................................................................................................5
Value Modifier .................................................................................................... 5
The keybed .......................................................................................................5
Repetitions and Key Range ...............................................................................5
Grand Weighted Action .....................................................................................5
3. USING THE NORD PIANO 3 ........................................ 6
The Program section ...................................................................................6
About Programs ................................................................................................6
Memory Protection .......................................................................................6
Keyboard Split ...................................................................................................6
Transpose .........................................................................................................6
Mono.................................................................................................................6
Panic .................................................................................................................7
Storing and naming Programs ...........................................................................7
Store as... .....................................................................................................7
Live Mode .........................................................................................................7
Storing sounds to and from Live Programs ...................................................7
List/Organize ....................................................................................................8
Piano ....................................................................................................................8
Kbd Touch ......................................................................................................... 8
Pedals ...............................................................................................................8
Octave Up, Octave Down ..................................................................................8
Acoustics ..........................................................................................................8
String Res .....................................................................................................8
Soft Release .................................................................................................9
Pedal Noise ..................................................................................................9
The Nord Triple Pedal ........................................................................................9
Half pedaling .................................................................................................9
Sostenuto .....................................................................................................9
Soft Pedal .....................................................................................................9
Nord Piano Library size comparison chart..........................................................9
List/Organize .....................................................................................................9
Sample Synth ................................................................................................10
Dynamics ........................................................................................................10
Pedals .............................................................................................................10
Octave Up, Octave Down ................................................................................10
Attack, Decay/Release and Sustain .................................................................10
Attack .........................................................................................................10
Decay/Release and Sustain ........................................................................10
List/Organize ...................................................................................................11
Effects ...............................................................................................................11
Effects 1 ..........................................................................................................11
Effects 2 ..........................................................................................................11
Delay ...............................................................................................................12
Equalizer .........................................................................................................12
Amp/Comp .....................................................................................................12
Reverb ............................................................................................................12
4. MIDI .........................................................................................................13
About the MIDI implementation ...........................................................13
MIDI messages ................................................................................................13
Control Change ..........................................................................................13
Program Change ........................................................................................13
MIDI and Transpose.........................................................................................13
Nord Piano 3 with a sequencer ...........................................................14
5. MENUS ...............................................................................................15
System ..............................................................................................................15
MIDI ....................................................................................................................15
Sound ................................................................................................................15
Pedal ..................................................................................................................15
6. NORD SOUND MANAGER ...........................................16
System Requirements .............................................................................16
Installation .......................................................................................................16
Overview ..........................................................................................................16
Downloading Programs and samples ...............................................17
Downloading Piano sounds .............................................................................17
Downloading samples for the Sample Synth ....................................................17
Deleting sounds and samples ..........................................................................17
Substituting sounds and samples ....................................................................17
The Organize function......................................................................................17
Uploading Programs ........................................................................................18
Sound Up and Sound Down ............................................................................18
Bundle Upload and Bundle Down ....................................................................18
Full Backup and Restore .........................................................................18
I APPENDIX: CONNECTIONS ...........................................19
Audio Connections .....................................................................................19
Headphones ...................................................................................................19
Left and Right Out ...........................................................................................19
Monitor In ........................................................................................................19
MIDI Connections........................................................................................19
MIDI In ............................................................................................................19
MIDI Out .........................................................................................................19
USB Connection ..........................................................................................19
Pedal Connections .....................................................................................19
Sustain pedal ..................................................................................................19
Vol/Ctrl Pedal...................................................................................................19
II APPENDIX: MIDI CONTROLLER LIST ................20
III INDEX ....................................................................................................21